Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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IDF Navy Intercepts Gaza-Bound [Blockade-Breaker Supply/Contraban] Ship
IDF Troops Shoot at [Arab] Gunmen Apparently Planting Bomb Near Karni Crossing
Arab Caught Infiltrating From Gaza [Near the Erez Checkpoint]
Terrorists Fire Mortar Shell At Soldiers Near Gaza [Near the Nahal Oz Crossing]
IDF Arrests 23 Terror Suspects in Yesha
Nablus: Palestinian Man With 30 Centimeter Knife Arrested at Checkpoint
Teen Injured in […]

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by Moshe Burt
In previous years when speaking about Parsha Balak, about Bila’am’s scheme to lure Jewish men to immorality and avodah zora, as well as connecting Pinchas’ action, in killing Zimri and Kosbi in the act of co-habitation before the Assembly, this author referred back to a posuk in Parsha Ki Tisa;
You shall annoint Aaron, […]

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[Three Years Later in Lebanon] UNIFIL Finds 20 Katyushas Ready for Launch, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinians Fire on IDF Troops at Gaza Border [Nahal Oz Fuel Depot]
Terrorists Fire Kassam at Israel [Falls South of Karni Border Crossing]
IDF Captures 21 Palestinians Trying to Infiltrate Jerusalem in Trunk of Bus […]

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Commentary;
Do we do a factor of 10 as to how many acts of war are going unreported (i.e. military censored) based on the number actually reported? MB
IDF Forces Attacked [by Terrorist Mortar Shells] Near Kissufim
IDF Neutralizes Four Explosives Near Kissufim Fence
Arabs Stone Jewish Car South of Hevron
IDF Still Fighting […]

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by Moshe Burt
The placement in Torah of the Parah Adumah in our Parsha Chukat raises questions as to why it and it’s Halachot are mentioned here in our Parsha; only after Korach’s rebellion and after the continued murmuring of the Am against Moshe Rabbeinu, and after the plague which killed thousands only ending with […]

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IDF Arrests Four Terror Suspects in Yesha
Samarian Firebomb Attack [Next to Tzufim Near Karnei Shomron]
IDF Arrested 15 Terror Suspects in Yesha
Arab Woman Tries to Stab Soldier [at Avnei Hefetz Checkpoint]
Arab Jailed for Attacking [Tel Aviv] Police Officer
IDF Arrests Seven Terror Suspects in Yesha

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Commentary by Moshe Burt
The legendary Jeff Seidel sent around this Parsha HaShevua Korach to Facebook subscribers:
Parshat Korach relates the story of Korach, Datan, Aviram and 250 members of the shevet (tribe) or Reuven challenging Moshe’s choice for Kohen Gadol (high priest). The end result was that the 250 members were burned by a heavenly fire, […]

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The IRIS blog has offered a valuable analysis of prime minister Netanyahu’s Sunday night speech set in contrast with then-MK Netanyahu’s impassioned plea in 2002 to the Likud central committee against a “Palestinian state”, the position of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. With his speech on Sunday night, Prime Minister Netanyahu has capitulated on […]

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Israel National News has cited an Army radio report indicating that IDF soldiers have recently been infected with swine flu:
Eighteen soldiers from different units were infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus last week, when they came in contact with a group of youngsters from the United States who were taking part in the […]

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Kassam Hits Ashkelon Beach Region
In Response to Ongoing Rocket and Mortar Fire: Smuggling Tunnels
(IDF Spokesperson June 14th, 2009)
IDF Arrests Ten Terror Suspects [Throughout Yehuda, Shomron]
Shooting Attack [on Jewish Auto] Claimed at Har Bracha
IDF Forces Round Up 9 Terrorists, Weapons [in Shechem, Jenin, Ramallah]
Rock Attacks Around Jerusalem